- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 210
every time we leave the wire there is a manifest turned in to higher, covers all css and us, its an accurate record of who is where and when
I got $60.00, or was that by rank (dunno-was Sgt) So, total monthly pay of $260.00...sheesh, how time they do change.. :Old Guy said:In '67-68 I got $50 US for 'hostile fire pay' while in Vietnam. Same as the infantry guys got.
I earned mine by dodging mortar attacks and the occasional rocket.
They got theirs the hard way.
Let's see . . . $50 US . . . what's that in Canadian scrip?
Heh.
jim
2Bravo said:As has been mentioned by someone else, a Combat Action Badge for 30 days outside the wire might serve as a useful way to give some form of recognition.
MJP said:Which we were told is being look into at very high levels of the military right now.
silentbutdeadly! said:The Combat Action/Infantry Badge should be given for Combat not just 30 days outside the wire , because there were alot of what BDS just said also but just for say 30 days.
GAP said:Just because you did not get the opportunity to "reach out and touch someone" does not mean you should not be eligible for The Combat Action/Infantry Badge or some form of recognition. There are literally thousands of guys over the various conflicts, who have reached out, and thousands more that patrolled, swept,were boobytrapped, patrolled and patrolled and never came in actual contact. Sometimes we did it for weeks on end. Was the fatigue, stress, readiness, and fear any less? We preferred to be in contact, because then we knew where the suckers were!! No contact is more debilitating then contact is.
geo said:The whole idea of having a TF deployed to Afghanistan is to put forward a complete team, working as one to take care of No 1 and get the job done. That would suggest that we/they are all equals.
Mucking around with pay & allowances isn't a good way to build cohesion....
Crowing about I'm better than the next guy isn't doing much for me either.... but that's just me......